The Sun. — London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. t' Ll . • MOUTH, DEC. s.—Arrived the bark Friends,,. qo r) , 4 Rtcx master; from Quebec; came a running with .a cargo of timber, bound to Sheerness, as dr . "ven in here by a French privateer ; the , latter t tl° t give' up the cline until close in With the YBl °oe . Llaht 'Manse. • . Arrived the yindsor Castle packer, Captain SOT' from Jamaica ; last front FalmonLh, where she he b ri des : l her` . Mails, :and 106,u0u dollars;, also, the, MARGARETT, and•,the sloop Sisters,. : L'llll-I, both from Dublin ;. arid the brig William' 14(1 `lnz, SLOCOMBE, from Waterford, all bound per t with cargoes . of . provisions, and put in int'. Convoy. • 4180 arrived the "'avenue cutter from a ili a . it s -- ' , a.ajesty's ship Goree,. of 18 guns, takes-con -°)i 1 0 the Downs, and will sail to-mot row Morning. A. eah. cher did not arrive here, as stated yesterday ; tt pr oved to be a ship .Boni St. Thomas's, with , a car go, bound to London, but we have not been able i 5 l e arn her naine, or any partieUtars respeEting_her.; Was driven iti Litre by the French ptivateer that ve in the Fiiends from auebee. His Majesty's e Ileiieon is gone in pursuit of,her: 1 /ZAL, DEC. 6.---Arrived the Royalist sloop 91 \v a , 3 with.. a French, privateer, which she tool; last : 14 ;. particulars not known, as it I,loWs very . rcl og from the S. W. which prevents ;any.coni klu • Neation between the shipping and the shore. looks very (lir to the West- WarA in consequence the !small cr.itt are getting , he ir anchors and.running for Ramsgate Pier. ............... 13Q1siTS MOUTH, DEC. G .—Arrived this day ,bis Ai d - ~ .ks ~ ' t ) s ship Achates; from Guernsey ; the.:Oitve I , 4lr "ch, STos, from Waterford 3 and the S'incerAj, 46 An — COCK, from the Downs; a!so the Diana, Bot 4, % It 3 8 days from Halifax. . . S , • I'AEtmoUTH, DAC. 51A--Sailed his Majesty's ship /. 1 1 .ng fur 'Sheerliess and his Maj sty'S'ship Ca- . DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.MONEY. t e t he Narcissus, for the re-captureof the ship Maria, and a hc aPture of the French privateer L'Aiinable losejihine, t,t„La Dugay Trout°, on board the Narcissus, on the 711: in ; re-called at No. tB, Cianniit's.inn; on Tuesdays and 4 tity s for three months. SPAAISH AMERICA. G EORGE OF THE SUPRENIE GOVERNING JUNTA 'OP •THS CARACCAS; i ) Since the period when, by the dire& ion of Divine r ovidence, the" noble inhabitant's of this province d e elated themselve4 free, and 'renounced all . ' obe tilenee to the Regency of Spain, our cities have en ioYeti undisturbed tranquility from domestic enemies. ) he the forei hegnad foes of a have authoi n sought to the wa contemptke us againof all bow 'ty, 1 1 1:le Spaniards; but as yet we have been able, • with , assistance of. that ProVidence that. prdte&s our 1 1 4 st cause, to resist their attempt, and our enemies' s s ,, l a ve been disappointed. as we are to ed. the bl rod of our brethren, the people of W.; . e ztlela have been -compelled to draw the sword, ; 1 1) (. 1 sheath it in the bosoms of those who - sought eir destrualion. But, however success may have attendedthat our efforts hitherto, we must not forget , 14 t. our enemies are powerful mid' resolute—we ,7. 1 1.15 t not forget the vast population tfie,deluded rlives Of *Cerco'andMaracaibo, supported by the . t t ?fluene e of the Regents, and•the wealth of the ter (ltery of Mexico. To'provide against all events, to t reat the endeavours of those iiidtVidijahs; bound to' us by every tie of affeCtion„ are , 111 Ployediti plaits to overthrow our lawful authority, T°e have deemed it prudent to establish a . military rye suffisifti' - i for our proteCtion,.fully perSoaded f the patriotism of our countryinen,.of their will-. tl gness_to enlist themselves Under the banners of Jtlstice.and liberiy.-:-Forthis purpose we have-de creed as- follows : , That an extraordinary corps, consisting of 4000 'len, shall be raised for the public defence. 2 . That the force shall he coinposed of all persons tc ' all ages bk tween 17 and 47. 3 . That'all persons wi.hin these ages shall, with- I , l t delay, enlist himself under the banners of 'the \''Dvernment, and proceed to the places of rendez- I 'Qus 'which shall he appointed, 4 . That this force shall be at the dispoSarof the n ‘lavernthent, to pkoceed to such part of 'the country "18 may be deemed expedient. S. That each man who is unable to maintain him- Il ea . , shall receive regular pay. • G. That the troops raised shall.be diVided into six l 'egiments, all the officers of which shall be appointed b Y the soldiers, the J.lnta of Government having ~ '- ` l e power of dismissing them, on proof of ill con 'ua• This dismissal shall not take place till aUer .• trial and Conviction. _ _ • 7. That the Commander in Chief, 'and the Mi . 0, !I second and third in command, shall LI I: 11,0ini llated by the Government of Abe Caraccas. Thee Supreme Junta cannot conclude Ibis. Edia. Without exhorting all- their countrymen, warn in Ppe cause of independence, to lose no time in de ering in their names, and hastening to the place °f rendezvOnS. ANT* GOMEZ, Sec. (Signed) Nall of Government, Caraccas, Sept. 2j. 4 frigate will' be lduriched from , his . Majesty's :Yard, at Woolwich, on Tuesday next at halt-past :ftill e , , . . • (4,1. YllO2 l /1 THE IitONITEEIIi PARIS; Nov. 30. NCITES ON. THE CONDUCT OF THE ENGLISH IN PORTUGAL. `" army of,Py,. ytugal. has ,enCountered , Obstacjes in the conquest of that:;kingdpirt, Which-arise % from the very nature f t . of , and are the necessary re sult.of 'an inactive system of defence ; which was profoundly Meditated, and , ltas,. beep executed . without restraint, ~‘cit h a,si ular barbarity unknown in European, our Ehropea \mars, fo; the honour of ,States, and meld. - ‘f, The Porttigtiese do not love the English; the latter know it. They, haVe taken possession of the - Portog - ucse army, by WILLI: it with English officets .. . 'The Portuguese General tsiicers are no longer ern, ploYed; but.in the fortresses, iind with the militia.. the Brigadier‘„ one or two p"riiicipal•officers each regiment, and a great number of subalterns,. are_English. ,Part of the hiv.her order of Portuguese Nobility followed the Prince Regent to.',the Brazils ; there is another pitrt . in France; they hive 1 - en - toyed ; from place t i tle few that : remain. This system has excited . great cOinplaihts. There have—been, and still are, i ,Arequent quarrelp, betwAi . tbe,pffisers of the two nations.. - ‘,‘ Thecapture.of:Citidad ,Rodrigo,and partich `lady of Alineitla, without any.attemptyaving : been made to relieVe those two fortresses, aye great of-, feoce to the Portuguese nation. The Junta of Go- verninent wt as disS:itisfied. Lord , Wellingtoit - per-; c •iv , d that Le had not suffi:cient in i floence Over . hs n lertibeN ; it was determined, that E the nglish Am bay,atlot at Lisbon shat la I;ecohie a :ICletuner,ot,the her icy,, and that no att of tovernmrni.bl ould. be, e . xecoted,unlesi be,conseiited to it. Then appealed s,ver,-il de; rep; of the there of Robespierre,— „e 1 hibtled t tauese i: tknler ,toea,th,. to talk -uni Mititary 'subje,:is, or to couverse, on arty at her - dews . tlian : .w hat v:-as printe.i in the Lip.on. Gazette ano; her decree ordered - the Whabitan;s, u:lder l t t he same pena4y, to evacuate the 'towns ar:d viilaes,s4A7i,;o t he E,,,,h4i, : sboud abandon, to carry, witkllie i rki,theiriprovisions and. theirc,attle,. tobiarn dr :throw into the rivers what they could not remove, to dtisp - oy the.ntlls, the Int niture, to burn . the crops that . w.eN,not. cut duwn, and .to let C.up wine run in qtitistr:etS - " At ille-sGegtnning of the :c..,9pth of ,September,- thelViarslial Prtnee of Essling:assembled his cps of the army.. in the .neighbourhood ut Altileida.— Lord Weilingionimmectiate,ly,.evacnated 30 leagues . or country.. took a posnipti 'at Ponte'Nlarcelk. near Coimbra. This retrograde _movement threw the Portuguese into consternation. The-Itegency became' alartited ; the Portuguese troops began -to desert•; it was a common report in the ranks, that England intended to. embark them, to, waste them atierwards in expeditions in the Webt and in 'lndia. ,LordWgllington removed the fears of the . . . _ Regency, and appeased . he commencement :of . the hisuircctioil. "'The French, army entered Portugal : the orders of Lord, Wellington were ,executed. The peasants who did not fiy, and who were afterwards seized by the English, were either shot or. transported. Their very, troops pillaged and burnt the villages, whose inhabitants hesitated to destroy their provisions 'and furnitpre. The . road from Almeida to Lisbon was a complete desert. We did not meet 2000 peas'ints in that distance. ARO' the battle of Basset?, WellingiOn caused Coimbra to be illdrninated, by the way of rejoicing; the Iktnps employed on that occasion were still burning when the English were already in full re treat'. Tfieiraroops pillaged oOhribra, and commit ted the greatest. disorders before they withdrew. In six days. Wellington ran from the banks of the Mon dego tb his entrenchments at Lisbon.. By the rapi- dity of his march, the districts 'of the valley of the :Tagus cleaned the system of complete exterrnina nation. , The discontent was extreme ; the people o'f Lisbon broke out into ingurrealiOn .they de clared that 111 . 4 wbuld prevent the English from embarking in the rills of the Taps: Then was imagined that absurd conspiracy of Go individuals, nobles, priests, judges, merchants, former Iriends or enemies to the French, the greater number uncon neaed with political patties whose only crime was to attribute to the English A;lachiavelism the ruin 'of their country, and to predict that their infamous oppressors would finish by evacuating the Country,. exposed by its very defenders 10 greater,horrors than arty people have yet experienced. " The ravage of -the 'Palatinate, for which 1"1- vois :was so much reproached, perpetrated by an enemy's army; was .nothing equal to :he ravage . committed among the Portuguese by 'their Allies. 4mongthere pretended conspirators, those who had 'most influence on account of their bir th, their opia lake, their talents, were taken up, and sent to Lon don. 'Others were imprisoned, and afterwards transported to the Brazils. " The English send to South America the Portu vuese'families who are disposed to embark. They _do every thing to prevail upon those who hesitate to quit the country. The more people quit Lisbon the fewer mouths will they have to teed. The situation of the English is alarming; they are only 30,000 at — most, And by their side mu 40,000 discon tented Portuguese sUldiers. Behind these are 100,000 refugees in despair, and the immense population of Lisbon. The English rule only. by terror ; they treat the nobility and the public with the greatest contetript. Every night is signalised by arl'estF, by • seizures,; provisions are abo,e all price ; it is only by enormous sacrifices of money they are enabled to prevent an insurreaion. , " The English soldier receives at this time a ponnd of salt meat,: a, half ration of biscuit, and a certain •quantity of thin. The Portuguese soldier receives bread,' but only half a pound'of meat, and no rum. This- inequality of di,tribution is the cause of discord between the two armies. , All the refugees who wish to go there are transported to the Alentejo; the others are butted and , bivouacked outside Lisbon. It is nor possible to enter that city without , a card of safety. The Go vernment causes , biscuit to be distributed t o the re fugeeS. The occupation Of the Alentejo witi com pletely starve Lisbon, and produce a crisis fatal to the English.' " Ile enemy has a great many sick. They also I°o a great cleal more by dcttE.; - tion than in any for mer,campaign7 They desert w avuicic9rpopl pun- The French army is in g o od spirits; it has confidence in its CoMmander. We -have nc), de rtiun -from the national troops., The-army has few foreign battalions. We . may be_assured, what ever the English may 53y,. that there are no de- steers. . THE HEATRE.— r The tragedy_ of Othello was at tended, last, night by a . yery: pnineronsanclience at CoVent-gard'en Theatre, a pipper compliment to its dramatic ekcellence, - and, wa mayi4dd, to the gene , rai merit of the acting. Mr, YOpNG sustained the part of the noble, buttOo credulous Moor, with great ability ; we, however,' ; conceivedthat he at tithes pitCh44,his voice rather too high, a practice, indeed ; tbo'common on the stage. -Mr. C. KEINIiLE ; for .tite, first time, venturedam the p.art : of • ./aco "his Cassio Was so able a perforthance, that it mig'ht be thought somewhat.iodiacreet to resign a part in which his merit walliftivers,ally admitted, and to follow a ,po pular actor in a character in .tv,hich that . .actor was liupposed to be parfaa j ilarly, stincessful.; But as Mr. •kamßeE himself declined to resume the part'oflugo, in which he dist.layed -,a" critical precision , that was only understOod by . .real jodges{the; par(o.vas vacant; and Mr. , C. KEM . .lll.gclesery4 credit for riSki n his re . .putation for the interest of4ae :: Thea:re,;, : but the public aud himself have no Teastan.for regret; on the .coutt'afy he considerably added an hiszeputation, and highly gratih,ed the audience. , He Supported . the r part throughout_ with easy spirit and :wellfm.anaged subtlety, So as to proVe .that he had s-Ludiedi he cha racter; aud lint he . brought to the invesi;gition capacity to 'welt,: the. full meaning of, the Author. ;He was particularly' Succ'essful in the soliloquies_, ,and displayed, great •versartliy playing upon the folly, *of :Roane ; . and. in kindling the jealousy ; of 01itillo.--B,HUNioN made respectable stand. ip . Cussio, and FARLEY wait very whitnsi li calsin oderi4q. . I:he elder . .D.IIIDLN, we Und9 - 431,1(1,..11as 01.ke9 12perii ready, one of which, as we before stated, is to, come forward.. tbis season at (..;;,tvent-Garden . Theatre.; he musical ,geoids ; , and, inveniive .hur motif of this lyric veteran are . in full vigour, and the 1: 5 41ic Will, doubtless, give a cordial welcome tV anv production of so. loyal andpatriotic a writer. Tlf6re were seized last week at Greenock, on ,board : the ,sloop Asko/Re, LEITC Li . master (a regular trader 'bet ween, 4is port .and Londonderry) upwards of 2 . 60 gallons of Irish whisky, artfully concealed in barrels of beef and apples, kc• An eagle was shot a few days ago, on Treadak4, in Lanteglos, near Powey, whilst feeding . on.the car• case of a sheep. It was three ree long from.the. ex tremities of its bill and tail. The expansion of its wings was six t ten 'inches., Its .hody, neck, and , head, „Were' brown, their plumage eleg . mtly varie gated with shades of rlarkr )wa,' 'When se pi:. • . rately examined, .the feathers on 'its headiancl heck' wrrenarrow' and' sharp pnitrie.t, and white, except their points, whiki.were ve'ry' brown The feathers' on its'b,ody wete , white, diversified with pale brown; their extreme-ties were very ' dark brown. Tile tea- . thers in the 'pinions of 'its Wings were black, those next to them brown, hod the 'reat white, here and *there shaded with pale brown'; - their extremitibs" dark brown. The feathers in its tail were• eleven inches long, glinost all white, spotted partially Wiih light brown ; their .extremities very dark brown. ItS thighs were covered with reddish brovvn'teathe.rs; and its legs partly with feathers Of the same colour. Its feet were yellow, its toes armed with long, curv ed, black talons. Its bill was curved and black, and, from the appearance of its bill, talons, and' feathers, the bird was 'young. ' When this mighty aerial ad venturer descended ors .the sheep's carcase, the Mag . - "pies. and crows feeding thereon, in ' haste, with shrill chatter and dreadful cries, forsook their' prey, and:sought shelter in the neare,t trees and thickets. Early on Sunday morning, the premises of Mr. Long; Copper-plate-printer, in Clement's-lane,. Strand,' were entered by some 'villains:" They got into the prernises, it' is supposed, by climbing over a wall in the yard 'of the next, house, where it t 5 thought they had concealed themselves until the family had gone to bed ; they then broke ,open the kitchen windows,. got into the kitchen; and froth thence proceeded up Stairs, where they forced open the parlour door by tneatis of a picklock'key ; they then proceeded to the cupboard, and broke.it open, whence they took silver plate„ - table-cloths, and other valuables, to the amount of upwatds of 6001. They afterwards went. into the pantry,and took several sil ver table-spoons, salt-sellers, &c ,and afterwards put the keyi of the doors into the locks, packed up the plate, &c. lett the door of - alehouse open, and got clear off. - A gentleman resident in the city of Doblin, stav ing becianie-embatrassed in • his circumstances lately, determined to dest %toy himself. With this intent he took his case of pistols, and loaded them with pow der and ball—then retiring to hiS study, he put one of them to his head, but -the fear of having his body buried, as a jelo de se, in the highway, with a stake driven through it, arrested his arm, and - a thought struck hint that he might , accomplish his purpose without incurring that dreadful ignominy. He aci cordiegly rang the bell for . his man-servant, to whom, on entering the rootri,he communicated his purpose, and having thrown himself into a chair ; he ordered him; in a positive tone of :voice, to take ,up the pistols, and shoot him through the Jtead with' one, and through the heati with the other. • Pat, as. a faithful and attentive servant, immediately pro ceeded to obey his master's &okra but just as he was drawing the trigger, a thought struck him also, which delayed their' execution. 'ln hti 'Various ser , vices he had attended his masters upori . many occa sions of duels, where they went: out to be shot by other people, on all of which he recollected ; they ne ver failed to be accompanied to the ground by a surgeon. He therefore concluded that the" same precaution oughtro . be used . on the present occasion, and he accordingly ran off to' the next street, and called in a very eminent surgeon to be present at the fatal ceremony.--.-It is alinost needless to observe that the surgeon, on his arrival, prevented the affec tionate and dutiful domestic from shooting his Inas,- ter. The latter, disappointed in his exp e ct at i on o f treeing, himself from his cares in this way , set off iunuediately .for, the Isla of Man, w hen he Dow is. OLD BAILEY. SECOND DAY.---THUIZSDAY. Yesterday Samuel Harris, aged 60, was hi - ought up on a charge of,hteahng , se.veral articles of wearing opuaritl on the 13th of October last. He acknow - ledged having stolen a coat.—Found guilty.of steal ing to the value of Ws. John Boole, a w(AI-dressed man, aged 27, was brought up on a charge of forgery; hut on account of the absence of Thomai Coleman, the principal evidence, he was acquitted. James Cockshedd and William House were accus ed of stealing a sack and a 4 , :antity of flour, from Thomas Ashby, on : the 27th 2Noyemher. James Coxhead.l,vas found gtfilty of stealing, and Wm. •House of stealing, but not of breaking into Ashby's 'pretnises. • him 'Hopkins, aged 23, Joseph Jones, aged 22, and Richard Prescot,. aged 17, were charged with nre:tk ing into the shop of David Phillips; and stealing a (lan r i y s of ;wearing, apparel. David Phillips swore that ha was alarmed by 41te pit role, on the Morning of the 22d of November, -arid co going down. stairs, foUnd his shop had been broken open,, and two pair. of leather breeches ; ,-four p it of cassitheie breeches, and several other articles takerf.aWay. • , John 'Murphy, a patrole, saw, at two o'clock of the morning of the 22d, 'six men come up, who a; fist atleae.4.l to be intoxicated„ though alt , ,•rwarlls. he discovered that they were. not intoxicated; and then divide ',several iintes into parties of tw o and three, observed tae three prisoners go, - across the, street, from' St. Jame S's side to St Anne's side, to !2.1, Gerard-street, where 4 shop was broken. open - that . mucking; apprehended fories, and took (lint to S. " watch-house,. On searching Joins, no was:foond upbn OWeri . Duncan, another patrole, confitmed this • :account. . , . James IM'Arthur, a watehrnan, laid hold of Hop kins; with the asSistalice Of James Ford, another . watChman, and found Philips's property on hiM, which he dropped, and whiCh witness "took . up, and gave alOitg wi h the prisoner Hopkins, into the cu.— tody'ot 'Mr. Scott, the constable of the night; i.it.St; h01t 4 57s watch-house. janies Ford confirmed this account. • .Lanes, Kennedy, another watchman,. :followed PresCott to. Philips's door, where he heard a num ber of .people talking aboin Fait fame o'clock, and heard a wrenching* of something. Prescott crossed the street, said " Ail is well." W,itne,s and another ivarclunaii follw;sed him and apprehended him, when he said he had no name. • Scott, constable of the night, swore that Hop kins's hand was scratched - as if cut by brOkiog throne} a window. • '111;,- Prisoners, in defence, attempted to account for their being in the street; at so late an 11(Atr.--» .l'rescott, said, on coining home from the play lie was Stupt by some girls, and could get into uta lodgings. A . very respe&able testimony was borne \ to the charader of all the prisoners. • . The Jury; after deliberating forsome 'time in ~Court; retired, and returned in about five minutes, with a Verdict . of guilty, but • recommended the prisoners to mercy. 'eatherine Higgins was found guilty of stealing a bonnet, below the value of ss. Anne Rowley, .aged, 15, of, a very innocent ap pearance, stood indicted with stealing a 401. Bank note, from Benjamin Watkins, her master. Ben jamin Watkins found a 401. Bank of England note missing.—John Siddon, a fellow -servant, aged-14, . swore that Anne Rowley took 401. note out of a nutmeg-grater, which she desired him/to read. She said her father gave it .her to pay his' club.—Mrs. Watkins gave the prisoner a good character. Chas. Rowley, the prisoner's father, received a bank-note .from her; which she said she found in the street.— Nut Guilty. A Bill of Indictment was preferred and found by the Grand Jury against the Managers of the Stock 'Exchange, for a libellous publication, reflecting VT on a Gentleman who was formerly a Subset - am, co that house. Yesterday morning early an alarming fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Jenkins, Upholsterer,' in Little Prescot-street, Poodman's-fields,which burned very rapidly, at:d entirely consumed the same. The flames communicated to the house of Mr. Swaine, tailor and saltsman, adjoining, which was likewise nearly consumed, but by the timely arrival of the. firemen. and engines, the whole was extinguished without spreading any farther. SMITHFIELD , MAKKET, D.sc. 7. , This day's Market had but a scanty supply of dif , ferent kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Pot*, and Veal, sold at last prices ; • and the trade for the most part - was not over brisk.—The sales in the Hay Maiket were trifinfk ; Straw and Clover obtain-d last prices; Hay has fallen in price,—Tlie tinder inentioned prices and numbers. are a . correct state- ment : To sink the offal per stone of £l5. ; • Beef 45. od. to Ss. ed. ' Mutton 4s: od. to ss. 'ed. Veal Ss. c.d. to 7s. oci. Pork ss. od. to 75. od. Lamb os. od. os. Beasts 790. Sheep 3,900. Calves zlo. Pigs 230. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET Flay 51. os. od. to $l. tjs. od. Straw zi. teS. oil. to jl r os. od. Clover 61. xos. od. to 91. 9s. od. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 7.—The - quantities- of Wheat 'bete to-day are very considerab:!!', and stale; thereof dO not maintain last prices ; Bmley 'and Malt at the late reductinn ; in Peas and 13tan4 of each description but litde variation ; New Tick 4 to 425. per quarter, Old as per currency ; the 'sup plies of Oats are abundant, and a still further redu'cl tion ha taken place in this article ; prices of 'roar hardly at the quotation. Wheat - 545 a 7cis a 84s Him ditto ?SU a 925 Rye (new) -36 E, a 4•Ds Barley - , - - Ps a' 40 Malt - - i 7as a 765 White .Pease -54 s a Ws Grey ditto, - - 465 a szs Beans (old) - 543 a 6:.,5 Tick Beans(old) . 45s a 50 Oats ,- zab . 26s a 3cs Poland ditto - ;6, Potatoe ditto - 391 4 s !tape Seed • *. 40 4 Fine Flour . tics ato Seconds - - - 7i, a MALLS. A Alt IV LB —1 Lublin, 1 Waterford. D 6.4-1 Liaben, I Malta, I Waterfor4 r K ~-